US Immigration Reform

The present immigration law of the United States provides the following eligibility for family –sponsored visas.

First, your relative must be a U.S. citizen or is a Legal Permanent Resident before he or she files a petition for your immigrant visa at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). In some instances, a US citizen who living outside the U.S. can file a petition at the US Embassy in the country he or she is presently located.

Basically, there are two categories of family-sponsored immigration: the unlimited family-based immigrants and the unlimited family-based one. Those who are eligible for the first one are the petitioner’s immediate relative and returning residents. Immediate relatives refer to the spouse of the US citizen, his or her single child of not more than 21 years of age, an orphan that the petitioner has adopted abroad, an orphan in the United States that the petitioner wishes to adapt and the parents of a US citizen who is at least 21 years old. Returning residents on the other hand, are those previously Lawful Permanent Resident of the US but have stayed on another country for more than a month.

The second classification is the limited family-based immigration. Every year, the immigration department sets a limit of how many of this family preference immigrants should be accepted. The first kind is the Family First Preference (F1). These are the single children of US citizens and their children if they have. The maximum allowable F1 approval is 23,400 yearly. Next is the F2 of the Family Second Preference. These are the spouses, minor children, and single children of a green card holder. The yearly limit for this is 114,230. The third preference of (f3) refers to the married sons and daughters of US citizens including their children if any. Finally is the Family Fourth Preference of F$.  These are the brothers and sisters of US citizens, including their spouses and children. Yearly limit for the F4 category is 65,000. The petitioner must be 21 years of age.

Only relatives of the petitioner of those degree shall is honored by the USCIS. Grandparents, uncles, aunts, in-laws and cousins cannot sponsor a relative for immigration.

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